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Randomness, ok
1. I know this is probably going to surprise a few people, but my interest in the new version of Murder on the Orient Express was never particularly high (Johnny Depp, y'know. So dull and also an asshole). However, the trailers make it look incredibly awful. Like, painfully badly done. Just to check, I have also watched the Suchet trailer. It has some of the same beats, but it's just better. So my interest is at the point of "if someone pays me, I'll watch it." I'm old, I'm allowed to be judgemental.
2. I cannot believe it is mid-November already. Like. Wasn't it just my birthday?
3. Teslacon this year was... mostly all right. I still find the back-patting "Steampunk isn't like all the other girls" bullshit the fandom tends to say and act like utter, well, bullshit. Because, no. Fandom is fandom, no one is special.
4. HOW AMAZING IS THOR RAGNAROK. I... I need to write a post.
5. Also, I need to talk about Sherlock series four at some point, because I have watched it and I have thoughts and such (and Thor sort of coagulated a couple of them for me, disturbingly).
6. That aside, can I also state that my attraction to Loki (and possibly Hiddleston, ok, don't judge) confuses me. But he wears a black on black tailored suit at one point, and I was just like "...nng." I would have to go back and watch, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't all that in the first two movies.
7. I was re-watching some of the older Midsomer Murders, and I find them a bit... annoying. Like, some of the later ones go all over the place and can be pretty out there. But some of those early ones just---the killer's logic and motivation makes no fucking sense. There are also a lot of killer suicides in that first four seasons. Or cop-assisted ones. (I also re-watched part of the one with Vivian Fay as a novelist, and she still remains amazing. And it is also still one of my favorites)
7a. I also really can't stand Troy very much. :/
8. I also re-watched some of season 9 of Doctor Who. Because Clara is my girl, and I just. That season has bits that will make me flail forever (and the ending, just.). Oddly, I'm pretty sure I still owe a post talking about season 9? I should get on that, because I did have thoughts about it once upon a time. And I should stop putting it off as it should mean I'm watching season 10 soon.
9. Work is work. Got my review this week, which was a good one. I appreciate that.
10. It is dark enough as I walk to the bus stop on my way home from work that I'm seriously considering investing in some glow sticks so I'm actually noticeable in my black winter coat and dark trousers and black shoes.
2. I cannot believe it is mid-November already. Like. Wasn't it just my birthday?
3. Teslacon this year was... mostly all right. I still find the back-patting "Steampunk isn't like all the other girls" bullshit the fandom tends to say and act like utter, well, bullshit. Because, no. Fandom is fandom, no one is special.
4. HOW AMAZING IS THOR RAGNAROK. I... I need to write a post.
5. Also, I need to talk about Sherlock series four at some point, because I have watched it and I have thoughts and such (and Thor sort of coagulated a couple of them for me, disturbingly).
6. That aside, can I also state that my attraction to Loki (and possibly Hiddleston, ok, don't judge) confuses me. But he wears a black on black tailored suit at one point, and I was just like "...nng." I would have to go back and watch, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't all that in the first two movies.
7. I was re-watching some of the older Midsomer Murders, and I find them a bit... annoying. Like, some of the later ones go all over the place and can be pretty out there. But some of those early ones just---the killer's logic and motivation makes no fucking sense. There are also a lot of killer suicides in that first four seasons. Or cop-assisted ones. (I also re-watched part of the one with Vivian Fay as a novelist, and she still remains amazing. And it is also still one of my favorites)
7a. I also really can't stand Troy very much. :/
8. I also re-watched some of season 9 of Doctor Who. Because Clara is my girl, and I just. That season has bits that will make me flail forever (and the ending, just.). Oddly, I'm pretty sure I still owe a post talking about season 9? I should get on that, because I did have thoughts about it once upon a time. And I should stop putting it off as it should mean I'm watching season 10 soon.
9. Work is work. Got my review this week, which was a good one. I appreciate that.
10. It is dark enough as I walk to the bus stop on my way home from work that I'm seriously considering investing in some glow sticks so I'm actually noticeable in my black winter coat and dark trousers and black shoes.
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I did like Kam! I just really didn't twig to her rather forced ~cuteness~ with either of the new detectives. I rather adored how Kate was just taken out of that dynamic even if Whatsisface #1 walked after her like a starry-eyed duckling. She was all "NOPE. We're platonic besties, period." And while I was a bit on board with Kam and Whatsisface #1, their ~meet cute~ stuff was bafflingly poorly acted. Which was odd as they were both fairly competent actors. Whatsisface #2 just. He's paste. Like, Whatsisface #1 was at least memorable in how subby he was. Whatsisface #2 is just kind of bland white douchebag. (Sorry, I have FEELINGS.)
And Gail was LOVELEY. I am super saddned we didn't get her full time. That would have been a whole lot more interesting. Although, I'll own that my favorite of the later mysteries is The Killings of Copenhagen and it 100% had to do with the Danish detectives. I also wanted to applaud the cinematographer on that one as it actually LOOKS lovely.
And re: the latter Poirots, OMG. For as much as they changed stuff in the Suchet Appointment With Death and Murder on the Orient Express, those were GORGEOUSLY shot episodes. Not perfect, but damn, there were some absolutely beautiful shots.
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Kate was like Charlie's big sis! It was adorable. And I haven't watched the early ones with her, so I don't remember but I think they tried to hook her and Ben up once, too (and I feel like the off-screen implications of them working together are possibly romantic as well? idk)
And I really disliked the forced Kam-Charlie stuff. Like, it made me go off Sarah just a bit with how she was constantly shoving them together. Also, there was the one episode where it was heavily implied Kam was throwing her tennis game to flirt with him and UGH. That is why I hate Ziva/Tony, too. A woman should not have to make herself look stupid to get her man.
Otoh, I, um, I hopelessly ship Kam/Winter (whatsisface 2). It is SO embarrassing. Even if their stuff was a bit silly. I still say there should have been a kiss, dammit.
(let me cut myself off from blathering more. am verbose tonight)
It's funny, but the one Poirot I immediately think of for the cinematography is Hallowe'en Party. Which is a darkly-shot episode, but it's so vibrant and full of colors.